The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 7 November 1922

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  • 20 1380 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. «30 PHRAVVIU Single Copy UO els. VOL. 20. PENANG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 1922 NO. 45
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    • 324 1380 C O N T NTS I Leaders: Miscellaneous: (Continued): The Problem of The Pacific —I 1382 Square Pugs in Rond Holes 1398 Chinese Representation 1386 The Eclipse of The Suu in Aus“Public Opinion” and Income-tax... 1386 tralia e The Problem of The Pacific—ll 1392 Changing Times: CbangingTunes... 1398 The Municipality
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    • 178 1381 THE “STRAITS ECHO” I MAIL EDITION. oooooool l**' Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe. Xp and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the MK YC| daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far East,
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  • 2220 1382 For a good many years now the Straits Echo has been devoting space and consideration to this problem. Of late it has been somewhat driven into the background by local politics, the General Election, and European questions of high importance, but it is always with
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    • 32 1382 Gix Straits €cbo PUBLISHED DAILY. MAIL EDITION Containing the news of the week prior to departure of Mails for Europe. PUBLISHING OFFICE: The Criterion Press, Limited, 69, Beach Street, Penang. -.<-1 £IS
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  • 368 1383 Mr. D. M. Milar, of the Chartered Bank, left for Tongkah on Saturday. Mr. William C. Beaumont, formerly manager of the Calcutta Statesman, left JJ26.753. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Threlfall are leaving for Home by the P. A 0. s.s. Mantua. Mr. F. H. Baker has
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  • 12 1383 <£!<. for spot and dC3. 15s for three months buying.
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  • 18 1383 are reminded that entries for the next Lawn Bowls Tournament close to-day.
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  • 30 1383 from the Controller of Rubber Expires to the effect that the minimum rate of duty to be paid is fixed at 2 cents a pound.
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  • 34 1383 that the date fbr holding the next assizes at Penang has been altered from November 21 to November 28, vide Notification No. 1802 of Government Gazette of October 17.
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  • 259 1383 I,UBBER E 2W1 O N BIU The tote of Duty. fp,owow^^. At the meetin g& o rX oc r t hw:i l. to duty an agreement h a aUBO reached withTheT mV°‘ duty should bo chareed-whV 0 cents or U cents. g h. been sent to the Chief
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  • 77 1383 ANOTHER HOME COMMITTEE Many Interests Represented. (.From Our Own rre^^ 3 i, Kuala Lumpur, Oototo 1 The Malay Mail’s correspoudent Colombo says that a Octospecial cable from London, d ber 28, 12.25 p.m, of James Stevenson is the the London Advisory Restriction of jjclude two Committee will P™
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  • 46 1383 •a in There is a eHll to-day. Good F. <5Ol and ht Quality Crepe quotations show aD oen ts for >, Smoked Sheet and 1. re»P«h' against 41 cents and M* yesterday. Con o e up W ind Smoked bheet b»« fromllid. The ma.ket quiet.
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  • 813 1384 for some unknown reason became *‘feSting h »o' i itatiou to. dinuor. he his desk. Every time he saw it he protean answer. Twice he accepted, three times refused— A time for a different reason-and he turned up on the wrong night. Home politics* Has a holy Sabbath
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  • 35 1384 that owing to insufficient entries the Ipoh Gymkhana Club is holding only a one day’s skye meeting on November 11. The entries up to date are ample for one day’s spoft.
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  • 127 1384 notifies that in accordance with the decisions of the Washington Conference, the Foreign Postal Agencies in China are due to be withdrawn by the end of the year. Those maintained by the British Post Office nt Amoy, Canton, Chefoo, Foochow, Hankow, Hoihow, Ningpo, Shanghai, Swatow and Tientsin
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  • 141 1384 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.)’ Sir After going over ‘Britisher s a'g'Jment Vyou? issue of the 27th instant, in y first impression was that it had some Xin it but ou second thought H “had the man been a lowkay, d ent treatment would have been
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  • 513 1384 effect of the new duty. (To the Editor of the Straits Edit.) Dear Sir, With due respect to the Government and in justice to the rubber planters concerned, allow me to point out that the new export duty of a penny a pound on rubber is u I
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  • 50 1384 of the death of Mr. Harold Latham, fither-in-law of Mr. E. L. D. Evans, manager of Sengat Estate, which occurred yesterday at Batu Gajah H ispital at the age of 67. The funeral took place at Ipoh this morning, the Rev. L. S. Kempthorne officiating.
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  • 106 1384 of St. Mar- tin’s-lane with rubber blocks will be a severe test of the quality of this material for road-surfacing, for Bt. Mat tin’s-lane is always a congested thoroughfare, and much of its traffic is of the heavy variety. Rubber is costly, even though the
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  • 84 1385 Fernanda’s Appeal. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sin galore, October 31. The application of E. P. Fernando before Mr. Justice Barrett-Leonard for Have to appeal to the Privy Council against the conviction and sentence of the District Judge was refused. Penf Hong—Smalley Affair. The appnaation of Mr. Drummond to
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  • 196 1385 A. A. Antkony A Co.’s Daily Ripom, Penang, October 31. Share Market: —Strong. v Rubbers :—A steady business is being transacted in a few local shares, but in the majority of cases sellers predominate. Buyers, United Malaccas. 51.02|, Craigieleas 30 cepts, Allenby» 55 cents, Temerlohs 70cents, Kuala Sidims
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  • 113 1385 The following are the latest quotations in the United Traders’, Share-list Yesterday. To-day. Buyers Sellers. Buyers. Seilers. Mining. Batang Padangs 0.571 0.62} 0.62| 0.67| Hitam Tins 1.35 1.40 1.40 1.50 Johan Tins 0.42| 0.47-1 0.45 0.50 Mambaus 0.75 0.8) 0.80 0.85 N. Taipings 1.17| 1.221 1122| 1.27|
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  • 58 1385 in connection with the performance of Merrie England on Thursday and Satuiday at the Povtn Hall, that unless the seats which have already been taken up are paid for hefoie Thursday morning they will be liable to be re-sold. We are told that the
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  • 756 1385 IS THE INCOME-TAX NECESSARY The Diehards are making their last sortie against the Income Tax. Mr. Ward’s letter, which we published yesterday, clearly asserts that it *s not alleviation they want, but abolition. Possibly quite justifiably, they suspect the motive behind the revision of the schedule now proposed. No doubt
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  • 241 1385 (To the Editor of the Straits Times.) Sir.—The Legislative Council is com posed, it appears to iflc, of very nice people who love one another dearly The senior unofficial tnembef prarie« the Governor and the other official members, and the Colonial Secretary praises the ILO’s. Isow, tlfSt
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  • 41 1385 Chief J* Sir William at Honpknnp, anferrf wb b rt> durinp the nt blown off bi» feet t ,n fr»otn r 1 the Peak, and arm. The Chief n dd« F Mr H. A. swept him off his
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  • 921 1386 Some little time ago a number of I nnblic-spiiited Chinese British subjects I Penang, both Straits-born and natur- I ilited, realising that important changes I w9 re pending in the constitution ot the I Colony and conscious of the desirability of I organising some body through which the
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  • 577 1386 PUBLIC OPINION AND INCOME-TAX. We have already expressed oar candid opinion of the “public" meeting held in Singapore under the auspices of the Straits SetJements Association on I Au'ust 31 to protest against the income-tax. So that the oorrespondense forwarded to us for publication this morning and published on page
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  • 9 1386 10s for three months buj ing.
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  • 64 1386 in conjunction with the Prisons Department of that Slate, are holding a sports meeting next Saturday and Sunday at the Alor Star Race Course A Fancy Dress Dance to be given by the officers of the two departments has also been arranged for Saturday night, the venue
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  • 91 1386 From Monday’s Straits Times A report is made to the police that a thief was found underneath the bed of one of the young ladies in a room at th Y. W. C. A With gre t presence of mind having espied the man, the lady quietly walked out of
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  • 51 1386 Teoh Soon Swee was arrested in Penang by the Detective authorities on suspicion of being connected with the murder of a Chinese de. tective in Singapore on October 12. He was produced before Mr. Bathurst this Tuorniug when the chtrge was withdrawn and he was accordingly
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  • 35 1386 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. acknowledgment. family of the late Ong Oon Boon ru h bee to thank those who attended sent wreaths or letters of indolence and also those who kindly tot their cars for the occasion.
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  • 533 1387 Mr. P. Lavender baa assumed duties as Chief Inspector of Police, North Kedah. Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok, of Messrs- Logan and Ross, leaves for Bangkok to-morrow on a short trip. Mr. E. N. de Silva, Singapore manager of Messrs. B. P. de Silva, is leaving for Colombo
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  • 865 1387 Shirking Responsibilities. America is perfectly ready to appoint observers at the Lausanne Conference to see that her special interests suffer no harm and that her line of policy is not lost sight of. But she will not go into the Conference flatfooted as a full member, for that
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  • 96 1387 has been issued in English and Chinese by the Protector of Chinese, Ipoh—“The Export of Rubber (Restriction) Enactment comes into force on Ist November 1922. The Goyernme>t hopes that employers of laboar will not, in consequence of the Enactment, take dm y action and dismiss their employee»,
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  • 149 1387 for Commenting on we e p-j bringing Restriction info for > Press says that it P the Government officers j on extraordinary effort have made provison for ev g th can be foreseen, untd %tf b sn, begins to work, in «an at orga®' Controller, we
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  • 401 1388 LEAVE to appeal to privy COUNCIL CANCELLED. Upon the application of Mr. M. C. Tohswes, who appeared for three of the respondents to the Alsagoff Legitimacy it the Acting Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr J- P- Sproule, on September 27 last, ordered that the certificate that, as
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  • 19 1388 a couple of days ago at Bagan Serai, bagged over 50 snipe within three hours.
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  • 132 1388 secretary of Central Motors, Ltd., was on Saturday, •ast mai > ied at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, to Miss Marion Irene Le Messurier, of Holloway, London. The Ven. Archdeacon Swindell officiated and among the large gathering of friends was the Rt. Rev. C. J. Ferguson-Davie. The
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  • 105 1388 patches under the auspices of the Kedah Association Football League are being keenly contested in spite of the wretched condition of the field consequent the recent heavy and continuous rain. The following are the results up to goals. P- W. D. L. For Agst. Pts. Erics 3
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  • 112 1388 as Liberal candidate for Central Glasgow is one of the most interesting announcements we have had for some time in the political field. Sir George will be the opponent of Mr. Bonar Law, who will not be inclined to underrate the distinguished financial authority. **As joint
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  • 116 1388 writing to the Malay Mail, says that although it is a known fact that a revision of salaries has taken place in most of the departments in the Government Service yet so far no revision has been made in the salaries of school masters. There is a rumour afloat,
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  • 214 1388 A correspondent writes Under the auspices of the Lutheran Bible Union, Alor Star, a welcome was accorded to Dr. Heumann, D.D., Ph. D., First Bishop of Tranquebar, India, at the India-Ceylon Association premises in Station Road last Sunday week- The clubhouse, suitably decorated, reflected great credit on Mr. N. Thomas
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  • 121 1388 SINGAPORE v. MALACCA. Singapore proved too strong for Malacca in the rugby match played on the Singapore padang on Saturday and won the game by 16 points to nil. The visitors were inferior to the Singapore pack in the loose and their three-quarters gave a very poor display.
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  • 52 1388 A number of new copies of standard works have been received at the Library including complete sets of George Borrow, Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, W. E. Henley, Rudyard Kipling, Charles Lamb, George Meredith, R. L. Stevenson and Tennyson. Ten volumes of Mark Twain and Sheridan’s Plays have also
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  • 146 1388 His Majesty the King has expressed a wish that on Armistice Day, November 11, there should be a complete suspension of all normal business, work and locomotion throughout the British Empire during the two minutes’ silence commencing at 11. am. His Excellency the Governor asks for the 00-operatioiK
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  • 91 1388 make any comment on the mare’s nest that is supposed to have been discovered concerning the plans for the new Singapore waterworks. The discussion is not finished. It is in the hands of the Municipal Commissioners, a far more representative and sound
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  • 116 1388 put there by a Magis- trate or Licensing Officer, seems to have become quite the usual thing with motor car drivers in Seremban There have been no less than eight such cases quite recently. On Wednesday of last week a hire car driver was
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  • 65 1389 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 1. In the Police Court here to-day, the D. P. P. prosecuting, W. Campbell Smith, accountant P. W. D., pleaded guilty to two chargee of criminal breach of trust as a public servant in respect of $221 and 1233 and
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  • 71 1389 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 1. Mr. and Mrs. St’. George were returning to Mount Baryl Estate from Sungei Ujong Club on October 30 when the two-seater car dropped into the bed of the stream, the bridge at the spot having been washed away. The
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  • 43 1389 Mr. T. O. M. Pope, the hon. secretary of the Sports Club Rugby section, has received a telegram from Penang stating the Penang Rugby officials i egret they are unable to raise a team to visit Bangkok on Armistice Day.—B. T.
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  • 26 1389 Penang 246,600, Sprang 100,500, Straits 233,000, Tali Aver 86,250, Rubana 68.500, Bagan Serai 30,500, Batak Rabit 33.500, Kurau 29,800 and Merchiston 27,100 lb.
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  • 97 1389 Nawng Pet, for the month of October hours run 326, yardage treated 16,600 ore won piculs 425. Kampong Kamunting, for the month of October, hours run (two dredges) 1,120, cubic yards treated 152,500, total piculs 768.29, nett value $38,494.38; No. 2 Dredge lost 127 hours during Ist half
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  • 38 1389 are current amongst Orientals in Perak that hundreds of Germans are about to come back to Perak. The lower class Orientals are convinced that that is why tin and rubber have both risen in price —T.O.M.
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  • 130 1389 the Malaya Tribune says that The view of the ordinary ratepayer must be that the contract system would be much the safer, and possibly the more efficient. For one thing, the cost would be reasonably definite—the tremendous uncertainty that would attach to departmental work
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  • 993 1389 FURTHER COMMENT. We (Straits Times) have read through the report of the speeches at the Municipal Commissioners' meeting on Friday, and we note with satisfaction that the decision has been postponed for further consideration. One or two other things we note also. “Hand it over to the
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  • 121 1389 Says Mondays *ree A week ago rubber wen P on |y a pound and on Saturday r wm fng short of that the about forty cents. In thi pe be tion for restriction not mu transac tions it» placed on prices, though»» kept down in a
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  • 1387 1390 PROTESTS by straits settlements association. The following correspondence lias been I forwarded to us for publication:— I Sir,—l am directed by my committee J to forward to you for publication the ac- I conjpanying correspondence with the I Government. I Representations by public meeting I which is the
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  • 1309 1390 A GREAT POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY. The Daily Telegraph is publishing a series of important extracts from Mr. A. G. Gardiner’s forthcoming “Life of Sir William Harcourt.” This biography of one of the most prominent statesmen of the middle and close of Queen Victoria’s reign will certainly take a
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  • 202 1391 The following is the result of the above Competition: xame yards ysrds ynrds Total. 200 500 600 T. J. McGrigor 32 31 32 95 R. IS. W. Terrell 29 33 30 92 Mrs. McGrigor 33 30 29 92 Lim Teik Soon 29 32 31 92 R. Boyd
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  • 466 1391 aßßeskdjn ipoh. Mother’s Appeal. c1.U.l X tho -Xt 8 X m a ber sJ he first time on Friday nigfet W her role of principal character anA k in the classical plavs of Saturday night, how'-ver, whe audience had assembled, man, ing several miles, an d the
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  • 49 1392 Dr. and Mrs. S. Mohamed Baboo of Huki Mertajam have been blessed with aSI) D on the let of November, 1922. D'Okville— At the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on November 2, 1922, to Mr. aD d M?s. E. C. D’Orville, a son. Singapore, F.M.B. and Rangoon papers pleas* copy.
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  • 1658 1392 The country that stands most directly in the way of the achievement of Japiu’s ambitions is the United States. That Power needs the Chinese market, for her other markets are not sufficient to take the products of her expanding industries. “Apart therefore, from idealistic motives,
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  • 13 1392 £3.15s for sp4 as well as for three months buying,
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  • 511 1393 Reuter cables that Isaac Guggenheim, the American copper magnate, left £8,000,000. Our Singapore correspondent wires that Professor Einstein and his wife ai rived there from Europe to-day. The Malaya arrived from ithe round trip this morning bringing Messrs. FNicholls, W. Woodstack, and J.M. Allan. Mr. Lo Chong,
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  • 1015 1393 Progress Backwards. English newspapers,” says The Times of September 28th, 1822, may now be sent to India at an expense of one penny paid at any post-office in the kingdom.” The rate now is twopence and it is not very pleasant to reflect that after the century of
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  • 24 1393 Our Kuala Lumpur cor 8 L B terd»J that on the b«W Selangor Club b seven goals to one»
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  • 51 1393 Says the J? 00 J/f’iMij” “We notice tba t|ibito d w B* (i films are bB “*j t b«t the* 6 ttt n It is to be hope loo a P not be shown j t our routeinP ofB, V Hasn t ou« true story yet
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  • 492 1394 Cable From Colonial Office. 'i'l.o following telegram received frffl the Secretary of State is published for general information With reference to my telegram ,f the 10th October regarding rubb< scheme it is suggested that rules do* not provide for oases of young ies which had been tapped before
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  • 102 1394 novelist and pay wright, has arrived at Rangoon from eylon with the intention of making a prolonged tour in the Shan States, crossing the Salween and eventually n' 1 ing his way via Chiengmai to tk* 0 Maugham, last year, visited 8 Malay States and Java. With
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  • 180 1394 circular has been issued to shareholders, dated October 23 to the effect that the charges against Messrs J. A Rusnell and Co. and/or Mr. J. A. Rus-k 11 have been referred to the referees the Hon. Mr. D. A. M- Brown, the Hon’ Mr. A. N. Kenion and
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  • 48 1394 announ- ces the death of Mr. Walter Howard, the well-known actor-manager and dramatic author. He made his first appearance as an actor at Stratford-on-Avon in 1889, in London in 1896, and New York in 1914. He wrote a long list of dramas.
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  • 107 1394 afternoon to witness the semi-final of the A Class Singles between Dean and Lee Warner, among these present being H. E. the Governor, the G.0.C., and the Hon. Mr. F. 8. James. The first set was wi n
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  • 145 1394 says the Malay Mail, that some J people, who are charming when you meet them at Home, cease to be their natural selves when holding any sort of position in this pirt of the w irld. And the women aie worse offenders
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  • 151 1394 the four- v ear-old son of Lord and Lady As tf) r, benefits to the extent of over £416,000 by an order made by the New York Supreme Court. This money is his share m the trust fund of nearly £5,000,000 created by his grandfather,
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  • 72 1394 UNITED TRADERS’ REPORT, in T| he ate the lateBt quotations in the United I raders*, Share-list Yesterday. To-day. Mining Seller». Buyers. Sellers. 137 J 1 t-’l 135 1.40 Taipings 125 j 10 j 2O j Nawng Pets ].42| 1 471 j j t 105 IJ O 109 105
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  • 43 1394 that Selangor’s rugby team against I erak on Saturday to bo played at Kuala Lumpur is as follows —Brand boston, Jack, H Stivon and McNamara; Murchison and Duncan Beck, Green,’ Hussey, Wilson, Riches, McGrann, Upton a id Fry.
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  • 63 1394 by the q H» 0 1 vurongij oy me ouwa Maru yesterday bound for London from Singapore :-Lieut- Col and Mrs. Harley Bell, Major and Mrs. C. H. C. Smith, Mrs. D. Day, Mrs. N. F. Newell, Mrs. E. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Muller,
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  • 131 1394 From Tuesday’s Malay Mail Mrs- Souter has gone to Brastagi for a short holiday. Mr. Ong Ee Hong, son of Towkay Ong Eng Suan, has returned from the Hongkong University and is now settled here. Inspector Greaves of the F.M S. Police reported in our issue of the 27th inst.
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  • 116 1394 About 8 o'clock two 1 anils had a quariel about a woman and in the course of the struggle one of the men, so it is alleged, drew a knife and stabbed the other three times on the somich
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  • 140 1394 k.c.b., who succeeds H. E. Admiral Sir Alexander L. Duff, k C. 8., as Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, arrived in Singapore on Sunday morning on the P. A O- Karmala, on Lis way to take up his new appointment. His Excellency is accompanied by
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  • 766 1395 ANOTHER “PUBLIC” MEETING. We note with satisfaction that at least one Singapore paper shares our views on the subject of the organisation and conduct of the meeting held in that Settlement on August 31 to protest against the Income Tax. Says the Malaya Tribune of Tuesday:— Having failed
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  • 85 1395 According to, a report made to the police Mr. W. W. Cook of the Straits Trading Company had stolen from his residence, 81 Grange Road, during the week end not only his gilette safety razor, and some jewellery, but
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  • 91 1395 seven men are alleg- ed to have entered house 1193 Upper Sarangoon Road, Singapore, and, after tying up the inmates of the bouse, took away clothing and cash to the value of $262. Shortly after the occurrence one of the Upper Serangoon Police grew suspicious of the
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  • 140 1395 Singapore, together with his son were bound in a riosha on Saturday morning to a temple in Lorong 3, off Gaylang Road. As part of the way lay over a swamp crossed by an old broken bridge, which had no rails, the
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  • 158 1395 says the Malay Mail, on the subject of toddy. On the whole there seems a general consensus of opinion against giving greater facilities for the purchase of this spirit. One writer expresses the opinion that, since the Government took over toddy control,
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  • 185 1395 dasalam Chetty, d escr Jr* 1 W Offi der i a f d laud Official Assignee (Mr. Q. n made the examination Knowles appeared nn ui/ r b. f Chetty. The bankrunt V/ aDother father died twenty y ea P r 8 that Ho valued at
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  • 103 1395 from New York of October 18 to the effect that the Vacuum Oil Company had declared a dividend of 300 per cent, the general manager of the above company in India, having cabled to his bead office on the subject, is advised that the action
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  • 123 1395 ol. Graham is a type of the modern soldi* He desires to make the Malay States oun Rejment both efficient and popular, so proposes to iotrodu» training next year There are o camps at Port Dickson and Lumut men will be asked to att nd Jjj
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  • 120 1395 bound The simmer M. J. p Swettenfor New York arnvedj ham on Sunday, e venM t) leave on Monday She is taking away fro® P rab ber. ham 13,000 cases ot o{ rn bber is the largest slop from Pod taken by one 8 jt
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  • 430 1396 Bitavia correspondent of the Nwe. 1 Caurant writes as follows to his f r r with regard to the namesake, we allmost say reincarnation, of a hved and popular f iend to the many 10 have in days of yore made tr jp between here and the
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  • 90 1396 tabling to-day our Singapore correspondent reports on yesterday’s auctions 'ere as follows Tons 710 offered and tons 383 sold. The following prices were realised:— p.,, cts. cts. K 'bbed Smoked Sheet Standard Quality No sales Average Quality 38 to 38| p ff Q“ ht y 34 371
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  • 1969 1396 kubber restriction bill PASSED. Mahoinedan Law Problems. A meeting of the Legislative Council was held on Monday afternoon, chiefly o he x .P ur P° s e of passing the Rubber Restriction Bill. H. E. the Governor (bir Laurence Guillemard, k.c.b.) presided, and the others present were H
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  • 70 1397 on Saturday before the acting Chief •lustice, Mr. Justice Sproule, the action brought by Messrs. Tan Kali Keo against a Government contractor named Tan Chye Lee was concluded. The claim was for $2.500 in respect of a consignment of bricks. His Lordship said that he
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  • 83 1397 over the right to place his riesha in a certain part of a coolie house in Everton Road, Singapore, a Hokien riesha puller was assaulted on Friday last by eight Hockcha pullers, in the course of which one of them drew a knife and stabbed
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  • 89 1397 (says the Bang- kok Tinies of October 27) last the police raided still another currency note factory above a common lodging house, close to the Sam Yaek police station A non-commissioned officer and his partner in this business were in the act of making a deal when
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  • 49 1397 (By courtesy ofTfa rZ Singapore quotatiow 2 0 j Crepe Market steady. lqmdom n lq]sb (By courtesy of UU Cre^° tetiol 18t Smoked Sheet Market weak. 1 AMERICAN pricer (By courtesy of Messrs. R in 7 0tati0Q 31st October 0 Best Crude 22 oente (gold) lb Market easier.
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  • 103 1397 Taiping Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., for mouth of October, hours 1,105, y&nU 129,000, piculs 430. (Dredges lost 6 dal due to water trouble and boiler inspection) North Taiping Tiu Drtdging Co, Ltd, for the nth of October, Lours 668* yardage 70,000, piculs 334. Batang Padang Dredging Co, Ltd,
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  • 26 1397 by Renter of Mr. Alfred Capus, the dramatist and political Editor of the Figaro. He was a member of the French Academy.
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  • 31 1397 for the Colonics for the continuation of the Rent Restriction Ordinance has been prepared by the Singapore Cleancal Union and signatures are being collected.
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  • 46 1397 rubber restriction jonore ohm verv determinedly. Generally speahng the’machinery involved to bring a u practical working of restriction, though trifle elaborate, is not tooelaborate tote efficient, and opinion on the spo s t smooth working of the scheme m Johore may be anticipated.—Ex.
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  • 42 1397 that the Reuter cables iruiu v Inter principal social event national Labour Con er Japanese Delegation,lb» »9 #ll the the Emperor’s hirtbday. p J wn t ioi conference delegates P Adatcbi the speakers Lord Burnham and M. Alberti
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  • 54 1397 of 2 in fj There is f L od F.A-Q. Sn, k J? local prices for G Crepe-* 5 Sheet and Ist Q aa Sing»$5O and §***** Sb9et nore quotations 1 decline* [nd Crepe also he the former of one cen ho* of half <jen
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  • 52 1397 There was a meeting d about last week end, th beHi wp American buyers fighting f ES n Vi- denial- "Deny al l JL o t con« rt <“ W the slightest possibil y on the" part of of Rubber A^ iMl And
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  • 638 1398 ii. ve been asked (says “the Egoist" in t he Tinies of Malaya) to say somthing regarding the prevalent practice of ap- n t hg Government officers to posts irrespcctiv eof their previous training aD d knowledge of the departments to which they are transferred.
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  • 348 1398 Successful Observations. tioni 16 A? stralian P a P ers publish descriptions of the course of the Eclipse in Svdn.;' in the environs of the eity and at the observation stations, there were no less than 1,700 visitors i<>m all parts of Queensland
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  • 111 1398 Third Magistrate Singapore, on Tuesday a Mr. Whyte, at present boarding at the Sailors’ Horne, and unemployed, was charged with trespass at the Superintendent’s quarters yesterday as well as with causing mischief by breaking a chair, worth about a couple of dollars. byte pleaded guilty, asked for
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  • 1002 1398 CHANGING TIMES CHANGING TUNES. lhe Retrenchment Committee has “ad to poke its Lose into many dark p «ices in the course of its laborious investigations and has undoubtedly come across startling facts. One of these n.ust have been the large percentage t Government subordinate service posts held by the Jaffna
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  • 109 1399 who admitted having been to Prison nine times and is still under police supervision, was this morning bound over for two months by Mr. H. C Bathurst for.having no visible means of subsistence. Late last night he was seen by a Police patrol in Perak Road
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  • 977 1399 Both His Excellency the High Commissioner and the Chief Secretary are in favour of decentralisation. This means more local control coupled with local responsibility. At the same time there is desire in some quarters for further amalgamation of certain E.M.S. departments with similar departments in the Colony. At
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  • 60 1399 The Bight Hon. J the well-known LaboW <li< <l n Mi 'l rlVtateof^P 088 nine years, left tfaiaie working collier- until From Ihe age of ten y« was thirty ho worke Inis for many years he W S> organiser and p* esl aD J w’.h
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  • 857 1400 The majority of the educated popu- o f Penang is Chinese. Next come The Municipal Commis- r 8 o f Penang are seven in number Hr Europeans, two Chinese and one 1 disn. Of these seven gentlemen, two are Official and 6 ve are uuo gve unoffi-jials, three
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  • 47 1400 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 3. It was notified yesterday that one fatal case of plague had occurred in Kuala Lumpur on November 1, but that no further cases had been found. The puplic are warned not to handle dead rats.
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  • 41 1400 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 3. The Malay Mail’s correspondent in Colombo says that a Ceylon Observer special cable dated London, October 31, states that rubber stocks are at 68,6 4 tons, a drop of 506 tons.
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  • 110 1400 We are officially informed that recruiting h»s been resumed generally in Madras Presidency except in the following Taluks which are still closed to recruiting owing to prevalence of disease District. Taluks. Coimbatore Coimbatore, Avanas’n, Palladam, Pollachy, Udumalpet, Dharapuram and Kollegal. Malabar Calicut Town and Taluk. Madura Periakulam and
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  • 504 1400 The Hon. Mr. Justice M. H. Whitley leaves for Singapore to-morrow to sit in the full Court of Appeal there. Mr. J. O'May of Harrisons, Barker and Co. Ltd., left Singapore on Wednesday on transfer to the Kuala Lumpur branch. Pouter s cable from Richmond, Virginia, announces
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  • 1106 1401 We feel sure that all music lovers and sufferers from “slumpitis”, who were fortunate enough to form part of last night’s large audience at the Town Hall, will agree with us that we owe the Penang CHbral Society a very real vote of thanks for their excellent rendering
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  • 18 1401 from San Remo ar.nounceH the death of the Siamese Minister at Rome, Phya Bibadh Kosha.
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  • 327 1401 AS Mft VItX My opinion of 8 7 s the writer of n 3 8 limes of Malaya is that 'r the Strait» t has to be emphasised i Q are as much citizens of the B a; are Britons f rom Malays, hke Gallio, canX? M things,”
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  • 175 1401 At the instance of her Tamil girl n med Poornam,stood in the Second Court on n 7 theft of clothing and money of $3OO odd. There is an to the offence in the Street Veerapah Chetty, of 8 Singapore. It appears tteU* recently came f-tiy with her grandfathe
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  • 22 1401 the fi The steamer nriffins each for Ip Ip»° and twenty for P» 1 iug has been hied for
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  • 209 1402 bridge washed away. 4 somewhat serious motor accident, which m»ght have had even more prions results, occurred on Monday evening last near Seremban. Mr. and Mrs. G A- St. George were going home from the Sungei Ujong Club in their twoseater car, when, upon turning a rather
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  • 84 1402 The health statistics for the Municipality of George Town for the week ending October 28, 1922, give a total of 54 deaths—36 males and 18 females, the death rate being 23.04 per mi lie per annum compared with 26.02 in the p eceding week and with 23.31 in
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  • 84 1402 Mr. Chew 800 Hean, of the Rubber Planters and Dealers’ Factory Ltd. of Kuala Lumpur, informs us that he i° the get tieman whose name appeared in the passenger list of the s.s. Klang from Port to Penang on the 2nd of October, as Chew Boon Hean, and
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  • 75 1402 understands that the —j *»*<*.> uimui ovckuuo vjiimu vuu ncsha-pullezs of Bitu Road and Pudu a a in enmity. A member of the k Bta y ini? afc Treacher Road, called a pc» ia. ]he cooly asked if he were to oe carried < o Batu Upon
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  • 99 1402 A cooly w ith a friend were out rat- -j ••■'hi ineua were out ruif] -ing i. n Gold >n Hope Estate on Monw^ 0n a p'vither attacked one cooly at once went 1:1 l°g’* re>cu) and attacked the 8f) ttV’ netting badly mauled in doing wi*!| H however, a»med
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  • 1145 1402 Ordinance for Restriction has been passed, so also has the minor measure which provides for estate, in aP n re a l d Penan 8- Certain alterations have been made, because there appears to be some doubt as to the interpretation of the instructions received lorn London. We have
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  • 10 1402 wus again in heavy flood ve terday.
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  • 24 1402 m Ipoh at present It has pro- babl been brought on by the wet weather. w
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  • 744 1403 The modern history of the Federated Malay States dates from the Treaty of Pangkor which was signed in 1874 not quite fifty years ago. At that time anarchy prevailed and trade was dangerous even on the coast. From motives of humanity alone it was the duty of
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  • 338 1403 In order to ascertain the real reason for the detention of the Chinese child actress, mentioned by the Malay Mail a few days ago, a representative of the Malayan Observer called at the office of the Protector of Chinese. In the absence of Mr. A. M. Goodman.
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  • 21 1403 will be played at Kuala Kangsar between the Malay College and the Ellerton Club to morrow.
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  • 31 1403 hate to thank Mr F G Barr of Ipoh. for presenting a boat to the club This makes the fourth boat now on the lake
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  • 335 1403 Stahte SlXteX c t‘ Ween Government, which 4 teMay, indicates that th e P S» not going to take a rebuß 4 WC toa Free S '“'.ll delay In answerine th» u? w,s closing the resolutions of Hw eer ‘ng, audit is noteW wh.it B l
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  • 54 1403 A Plucky Youngster. Master Archie Rozells, son of Mr. Bozell., Inspector of Market., Pg killed a five foot crocodile' Jermal oreek yesterday afte young gentleman w 0 1 fourteenth year is doing He killed a fourteen footeri in the same locality last apparently trying to find
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  • 37 1403 The following P» the s.s. Ipoh to-3»y Mrs. V. G. Ksechie'. infant, Mr. J- 2 Mrs. P. D. HairMD j Vv i, ren, Mr. and MrS G p B. S»** E: '.TaiiXt, v swi
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  • 20 1404 BIRTH. I RWI X—At Lynwood Broad Green, L verpool, to Capt. and Mrs. Geo. H. Irwin, a daughter.
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  • 1216 1404 The first problem for the United States ft war w ith Japan is to bring a superior fleet to the field of battle. That is, as always, the fundament »1 principle of strategy: an essential corollary of this is, however, sometimes forgotten which is, how
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  • 12 1404 £4.12.6d. for spot and £4.7.6d. for three months buying.
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  • 23 1404 per B.s. Teesta yesterday of whom 358 were sent to Palau Jerejakand the balance to Port Swettenbagg for quarantine there.
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  • 45 1404 in The Times Literary Supplement that her charges are a shilling for thousand words and threepence for carbon copies. She should come to Penang where at a dollar a page of about 35) words she would earn six times as much.
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  • 54 1404 the American tennis champion, and William M Johnston, the runner-up, are arranging to visit Europe in 1924. “Unless something arises I have not foreseen I do not expect to go abroad next summer, says Tilden, but I do expect to go in 1924, and I think Johnstone
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  • 79 1404 was held at the registered office of the company, 33, Beach Street at noon to-day. The Hon. Mr. D- A. M. Brown, who presided, made a comprehensive statement of the work done from the date of the reconstruction of
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  • 264 1404 who died in Paris afte'’ a long illness, came to England in 1885 as First Secretary of the Portuguese Legation, having previously served as an attache in various Continental capitals. He became almost at once a great favourite at Marlborough House, and for the next thirty-five
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  • 550 1405 Mr. Goh Soon Cheng left this morning by the mail train for Singapore on business and is expected to be back in a week’s time. Miss Violet Wickett, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Wiokett, is expected in Ipoh from Home next week. Miss Wickett, who
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  • 928 1405 Ornithological. We read in The Times that a jay with almost pure white plumage has been caught near Bythorn in Huntingdonshire. There were, once upon a time, j iys with perfectly white plumage in Penang but they are to be seen no longer. By gradual pigmentation of their
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  • 87 1405 of the P- 0, Kalyan at Colombo on October 23, on her way to London, the captain reported that a passenger Mr. J. Stout, nf tne European Police of Hongkong, was found to tl missing from the vessel two days oro the arrival of the boat in
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  • 103 1405 (To the Bditor of the Straits IM S Oh where, oh where’s the Bestrew Form gone p Oh where, oh where can it be There are none to be bad st N.boeg Tebal c t Or at Bnttorworth-by-the bea. Yon can’t get one on Penang’s The Land
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  • 27 1405 The Watchi'how o«ton, often are we to that we do not P» blwb .“4 by th® unless they are accomp* name and address r
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  • 601 1406 lean 4 CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT. faQ- H Tin after farther advancing to £185.0.0 •1 months, reached high-water mark on October 31 £lB5-0.0 3 months when reaction set in and the metal finally ises at £189.15.0, £4.0.5 below best and 9 till £215.0 above last week’s level. Rubber has
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  • 582 1406 Thus the Times of Ceylon in its Auditorial on October 19: To-morrow the Ceylon Legislative Council will be asked to approve the Ordinance-published in these columns last evening— to restrict the prduction and export of rubber. The morning Press is characteristically indignant. It considers that it is highly
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  • 148 1406 Results of The Drawings. the T penano Turfcinh h°” 7 wh oh ‘heir next’ m ee r t f ing D ardv a ed b y the 8 8 Houtman on Thn^d’ B aD Th We J e n raWn for yestertay UrBda7 Capt'Bsrke“ey a and
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  • 125 1406 W ebb—Ranson. George’s Church this morning Mr William P. Webb of North Carolina, U.S.A., Attorney and Manager of the Standard Oil Company of New York, Penang, was married to Miss Dorothy jE.P. Ranson, youngest daughter of the late John Wilmer Ransome, M. I. C. E. of OrweH
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  • 60 1406 The annual distribution of prizes at the Penang Free S hool will take place on Tuesday, November 7, at 11 am. at the School. The Honourable Resident Councillor will preside and Mrs. John Mitchell has kindly consented to give away the prizes. All parents of
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  • 52 1406 has appointed Norwegian Consul-General for Siam. Mr. Hagen is a merchant, like the former Consul, Mr. H. B. Borgersen. He is expected to arrive in Bangkok in a couple of months’ time. Mr. H. E. F. Cramer, Royal Danish Minister. ha° been Acting Norwegian Consul-General since Mr.
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  • 66 1406 brought by M. R. A. T. Rakkapa Chetty against S. R. M M. Annamalay Chetty for damages for wrongful disrn’s4al was oonoluded on Wednesday. I laintiff gave evidence that he never borrowed money from other firms, as alleged, except upon the instructions of the defe
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  • 583 1407 ALLEGED MALICIOUS PROSECUTION. S. M. R- Naidoo formerly managing director of the Straits Motor Car Service Ltd., was defendant in a somewhat peculiar action which came before the Acting Chief Justice, the hon’ble Mr. P. J. Sproule, in the Supreme Court, Singapore, on Wednesday. S. Muthukumaru, also
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  • 33 1407 agents for the United Sua Belong Rubber Estates, have been informed by cable that the Directors have decided to recommend the payment of a 5 per cent, interim dividend.
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  • 46 1407 on Chanaga Estat e in Tam pin District and lately two coolies were killed while they were tapping rubber. Haji Nayan, a well-known hunter, was sent for to destory them and he succeeded in killing a tiger and a cub.
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  • 51 1407 against one See Quay Tan, on a charge of having murdered a compatriot named Ng Heng in the course of a disturbance which took place in China Street, Singapore, on September 26 last, the Third Magistrate has committed him to take his trial at the forthcoming
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  • 59 1407 that Messrs. Crowther Shaw, tailors, of High Street, Singapore, were recently robbed of tweeds and serges to the value of $6,000. Four Indian Mohammedans have been arrested by the Detective Department in possession of some of the stolen property and are to be produced before a
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  • 68 1407 who arrived at Colombo on October 12, with Dr. Rabindra Nath Tagore, made an interesting statement on the labour situation, in which he said that in view of the situation in Kenya, members of the Indian Legislative Assembly will probably insist that unless equal status is
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  • 109 1407 received that a robbery’ was about to take place. Mr. Dally, A. C. I’ Detective Branch, Kuala Lumpur, and a posse of detectives proceeded to Pudu on Wednesday night, and raided a coffee-shop. Four out of a party of seven Chinese were arrested and upon each of
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  • 135 1407 was charged before Mr. Dawson in the Second Court, Singapore, on Wednesday with attempted suicide, he told a remarkable story. He said he was complainant in an assault case a few day's ago, when Koh A.h Kee, the accused, was convicted by the magistrate
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  • 531 1407 (By a Student i n the Uni Nuking; Un, et ”‘y «I to-day (October lii iL Confucius. All scho X o! gartens to the colleges rv k de holiday. This Chm, hsve uses from his rosy bed scholars will g 0 J the Oreat Sage and offer l‘
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  • 660 1408 The constitution of the Caliphate of islstn 8 ooncern Mohamedans .jjy. It would be contrary to our well willed policy, and contrary to the spirit o f religious freedom and liberty of cooBC ienoe in which we are ruled, for any British Government to interfere in the
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  • 55 1408 From a Roof in Penang. A Chinese named- Siew Song, while repairing the inside of the roof of No. 79 Weld Quay, this morning slipped and fell on his head to the ground floor. He was removed to Hospital suffering from a fracture of the skull from which
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  • 168 1408 Selangor vs. Perak. Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, November 4. In bright weather and on a dry ground Perak gave Selangor a fast exciting game, their forwards using their feet very effectively and dominating play at the start. Not getting possession in the scrimmages theire threes got few
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  • 101 1408 took place on the Ampang Road on Friday morning almost within sight of the Police Station. The grand-daughter of the late Yap Ah Loy and Ah Yeok was proceeding to school in a riesha when four Chinese appeared from a garden, knocked the riesha puller down
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  • 90 1408 The following passengers arrived by the s.s. Klang to-day ■From Singapore, Mr D. C. Ellis, Mr. George Minto, Miss M. D. Betteridze, Miss Baker Dr. and Mrs. J- W. Adams and child, Mr. E- V. C. Thompson, Mrs. MoCall, Miss Antill, Mr and Mrs. L S. Monger, Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 562 1408 from 'lndrt on“|.fe r ,e I tnrDed 40 Teesta day lttBt b Mr. W. MiUeT has 'been and Viscountes Matsudaira. Un A message from Rome says that Bamn Romano Avezzana has has been appointed Italian Ambassador at Washingtom The death in his 77th year of Sir W.
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  • 892 1409 Gny Fawkes! Guy! Good churchgoers of the fading generation will remember the special service for the sth of November that was contained in their Book of Common Prayer antPwhen that day fell on a Sunday the good old padre would hold forth upon the subject of those imperishable
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  • 34 1409 takes the place of M>. A. McKenzie on the Malacca Rubber (Export) Restriction Committee, and Mr. H. R. Hertslet is appointed supervisor of export duties under the scheme for Malacca.
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  • 45 1409 of British North Borneo, Sir William Rycroft, is expected to arrive in Colombo by the P. and O. Moldavia from home on November 6. He will connect in Colombo with the P- and O. Kashgar which is due at Singapore about November 12.
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  • 101 1409 R.R.C. and C M B, leaves London for Singapore about the 15th inst. She is coming here t > join the st iff of the Singapore Nursing Home and Institute of Trained Nurses, River Valley R >ad. Miss Hunstone bad a considerable war experience, having served in
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  • 68 1409 (From Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, November 6. The Malay Mail’s correspondent in Colombo says that a Ceylon Observer special cable dated London, November 2, 5. p ni. says that a City announcement gives the official figures of American imports of rubber for nine months ending September
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  • 233 1409 (To ,Uie Editor of the Dear f As restriction is U o W a i i make it a nucoees; n 4 tlw a seeming injustioe step ln that direction. so situated that to n as rti.’** 1 before November 1, fhey their dry rubber about October. That
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  • 197 1409 (To the Editor of the Straits Echi.) Dear Sir, Now that restriction has been introduo* ed and most estates will need to reorganise their labour to adjust the smaller crop, it is a splendid opportunity to abolish Sunday work on estates in this country by common consent. A
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  • 63 1409 re* The directors of port that the estimates for the Sf the dredge have been greasy but arrangements were mao neoessery finance in th amounting to $90,0W consists paid out of revenue- Sime, J-A’ oi M eB6 R. B. Russell and A. A. j
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  • 1053 1410 statutory meeting. tu statutory meeting of South Taiping Dredging Company (1922), Limited, tB held at the registered office of the rloany. 33 Beach Streei at Doo on Sdar when there were present the Hon. u D A. M. Brown (in the chair), K.
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  • 37 1410 have been granted to J. H. Shalless of Singapore, in connection with a rubber washing machine and to Wirebounds Patents Company of Rockaway, N. J., in connection with a machine for use in making boxes.
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  • 60 1410 Attorney-General of the Straits MUTISUU, va j U f ozl v Settlements, accompanied by uaay Morison, is due to return to Singapore from leave on tbe 12th met. is wi release the acting incumbent, the Hon. Mr. A. B. Voules, who well
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  • 66 1410 while work-» A uninese in* in a mine a few miles away from Titi was crashed to death by a g SoldeT Deceased was work ng larffe rock with friends afe y away from him. While removing some ore from underneath the rock it fe on
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  • 528 1410 ANOTHER full house. Saturday night found another full house at the Town Hall to witness the neoond performance of the “Merrie Eng. and” and it was obvious, judging from the instmted applause, that Penang still <Qows a good thing when it sees it. As regards criticism, we feel
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  • 30 1410 has resigned his appointment as Private Equerry to the Duke of York in order to resume the poet of Principal Private Secretary to Mr. Bonsr Law, the Premier.
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  • 37 1410 R.G.A., who has retired, entered the Army in 1893, and reached his present rank in 1918. He served on the staff during the war, and had previous field ter vice in China.
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  • 807 1411 {To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir, Several montbs ago a writer under the name of Eurasian addressed a protest to your Penang contemporary in connection with the downright slight administered by Government to the Eurasian community when the authorities deliberately passed over its claims for
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  • 162 1411 A, A. Anthony A Co.’s Daily Rbpoit. Penang, November 6, Share Market: —Firm. Rubbers —Steady. Buyers Brogas 371 cents, Kuala Sidims 11.80, Craigieleas 32/ cents, Malaka Pindas $l.lO, United Malaccas $1.05, Amalgamated Malays $2-00, Ayer Moleks $l, Lunns $5 75, Bassetts 85 cents, Sungei Tukangs 30 cants, Tambalaks
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  • 23 1411 appointments for the month ended September 9 contains only one for Malaya, Miss M Watt, European woman teacher.
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  • 58 1411 of Mr. L R. Macphail of Messr s. Saunders and Macphail an Ai menian named A. M. Martin was produced before Mr. Gourlay in the Third Court, Singapore, on Friday, on charges of forging a cheque for $314 in th 3 name of the fi>m and criminally
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  • 71 1411 between two motor cycle s, one ridden by the eldest son of Mr. P. P. Chieut and the other by a Chinese contractor, occurred on the afternoon of the 31st October at Murray Street, Seremban. Both the contractor and Mr. P. P. Chient’s son were admitted to
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  • 1996 1411 PENANG-s REms E N tATIOI( A Stitch in Time. i'he Chinese ~Britkh e v at the Chinese Town Hall l6^ day aiteruoonforthepurpoA? mg and, if approved to L*^ 001 requesting His Excellent ths to allow the Chinese Penang to submit for His pJS* consideration the name of
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  • 175 1412 The Acting Chief Justice, the hon’ble Mr. P. J. Sproule, on Friday delivered judgment for the plaintiff in the action brought fry S. Muthukurnaru against S. M. IL Naido, formerly manag-ing-director of Straits Motor-car Service, for malicious prosecution, and awarded $9OO damages. In the course of
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  • 62 1412 two Chinese made an entry into I<»3 Beneoolen Street, Singapore, oecupii d b' a Chinese lady, but as they were on the point of leaving the, house with /-ash, clothing and jewell ry valued at the occupants of the houst were rou-ed
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